Today is Easter Saturday.  Logically, this is the darkest day of the Christian calendar, because this is the day when Jesus is dead.  The horrific cost of the Cross has…

Sunrise that day: Your own Creation displaying glory. But no joy for You; You stumbled, pain-wracked, through the story To see it to its bitter end, To see it through...…

This weekend will mark the 20th anniversary of the global phenomenon known as “Orphan Sunday.” Celebrated on almost every continent, the humble origins of this ecumenical focus on orphaned children…

This Sunday, I get to serve Communion at church. I am, perhaps, over-excited... but after all, it’s been eighteen months!  Another sharp, bitter gift from the pandemic: I will never,…

As every parent of a 2-year-old knows, language acquisition follows a certain pattern.  Most of the time, “no!” is the first word mastered.  “Mine!” is usually the second.  And the…

Do you know who Beth Moore is? For millions of Christian women, Beth’s name is synonymous with inspired teaching, belly-laugh-inducing humor, and Bible study workbooks as rewarding as they are…

Big question this week: How do we make sense of church history’s persistent patterns of corruption, hypocrisy, and exploitation? I wrote last week about the church being the Body of…

“Here is the church   here is the steeple  open the doors  and see all the people!” The first time I heard that rockin’ nursery rhyme, it totally made sense to…

Tragic events just days apart infused Holy Week with grief this year. The Monday after Palm Sunday, Notre Dame de Paris – fabled icon of Gothic architecture, French history, and Catholic identity – burned … as a global audience of millions watched and wept.